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La Jolla Playhouse was founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Mel Ferrer. [1] [2] [3] In 1983, it was revived under the leadership of Des McAnuff.Since then, the Playhouse's repertoire has included 108 world premieres, thirty-two West Coast premieres, and eight American premieres, and has won more than three hundred honors, including the 1993 Tony Award as America's Outstanding ...
La Jolla Playhouse production history. La Jolla Playhouse is an American not-for-profit, professional theatre-in-residence on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. It was founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Mel Ferrer . The following is a chronological list of the productions that have been staged since its ...
Jersey Boys is a jukebox musical with a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It is presented in a documentary -style format that dramatizes the formation, success and breakup of the 1960s rock 'n' roll group The Four Seasons. The musical is structured as four "seasons", each narrated by a different member of the band who gives his own ...
This Tuesday, San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse begins performances of "The Untitled, Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical." Yes, you read that right.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame had a workshop in February 2014, and its North American premiere at La Jolla Playhouse on October 28, 2014 and ran through December 7, 2014, directed by Scott Schwartz. [22] The production featured Sacra-Profana, a local 32-voice chorus, appearing onstage during the entire show. [23]
In 2012, the La Jolla Playhouse in California generated nationwide controversy for the casting of a musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's 1843 story "The Nightingale", set in ancient China. The play was part of the La Jolla Playhouse's " Page to Stage " program, [ 1 ] a workshop series in which unfinished new works are tested and ...
Sasha Velour is in San Diego rehearsing “Velour: A Drag Spectacular,” her new autobiographical stage show at the La Jolla Playhouse. The “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 9 winner and “We ...
The musical premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse on February 19, 2023, and closed April 9, 2023, after extending a week due to high ticket sales. [10] The principal cast included Brody Grant as Ponyboy Curtis, Sky Lakota-Lynch as Johnny Cade, Ryan Vasquez as Darrell Curtis, and Jason Schmidt as Sodapop Curtis.